Automobile door hinge



July 1, 1930. J. A. PENNEIF 1,769,273

. AUTOMOBILE noon HINGE Original Filed March 5,1927 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ,-.3\ JA. Penna-r,

ATTORNEYS 4 SheetsS heet 2 A raw-V1 2' L if 2 Y INVENTOR v JA-Pevner ATTORNEYS July 1, 1930. J. PENNER AUTOMOBILE DOOR HINGE ori inal Filed March 5, 1927 y 1930' J. A. PENNER 1,769,273

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Original Filed March 5, 192 7 4 Sheets-Sheet s I i o I /2- Q \g- INVENTOR 1 JLAPc-nnen BY /-h M ATTORNEYS July 1, 1930. J. A. PENNER ,7 9 3 AUTOMOBILE noon HINGE Original FiledMarchS, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTORI 5\ V LIA- Pennen.

BYOWVVM ATTORNEYS Patented July 1,1930

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' AUTOMOBILE noon nines ,This invention pertainsto doors, particularly with respect to doors fer automobiles and otherivehicles, -Morespecificallyit per- 1 tains. to a .door peculiarly ada'pted. for

6 closed automobiles, wherein entrance to the front; and rear: seats ishad {Way of a statement above made that the connectlon V singledoory and the invention particularly residesin the provision of such a door which is capable of being, opened'on both the front and rearedges, .whereby the inconveniences resulting from the usuaLone sway door are avoided, It will be seen thatjthe door of the present invention can be swung open" upon hinges attached to] the front or rear wedges of the. door as maybe. desired, thus facilitating ease ofentrance and exit from .thefront seat. c s Q No :alteration of the usualoperating therear seat of the machine as well as from fimechanism .betweenthe handles and the "latch, and in the means for raising the glass in the door is contemplated, thepresent invention being adaptable to. whatever such system may be employed in any particular .1nake of automobile.

It is considered that the-invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying. drawings and description thereof, in which:. V

.,Figure l isa perspective view partially in. section, of a door embodying the -pres-,

.ent invention, looki11g,f-rom -the inside of said door, I Figure 2 is a partialtop'view of the door, showing the arrangement of the; top; most hinges, H. I Figure 3 isa plan section through the doorabout mi dwaydown, showing the vention adapted to one of theintermediate hinges of the door, I 1

flFi'gureis a plan section, similar to Fig. 3,.but showing the door partially open,.th door being broken, for. convenience, I Figuree shows in detail one Off/b8 hinges illustrated in Fig. 2, the hinge being taken apart for purposes of illustration,

Figure 6 is a sectionvalong the line 6+6 -of Fig. 3, looking in the-direction offlthe arrows, and

Figure 7 shows the details of the keeper member with the latch and also for memberiwhich operates; the latch. in the keeperas will, hereinafter become apparent. c, Referring specifically to the drawings,at-f

tention isdirected firstto member 13 shown in Figs; 1, 3 ands}, in connection withthe' between the handles and the latch or the system for raising the, glass ofthedoors are not shown, it will be'n'oted thatthe said to member 13 is facing the latch on each side .of the door. The member, or rod, 13- in this position might fit some ofthe doors of certain makes of machines, yet inthe case of doors of other makes havingfthe rod '65 13 in this position might interfere with the system of operating the door. Should this ,be the case, member 13 must be positioned to avoid such interference and a contact member must be properly affixed to the latch to engage themember or rod 13. The same thing applies with respect to the element. 55, Fig. 8, which isgina locked position and -in Fig, 4, which .is in open position. There is only one look 55 1;0' each door and r as willbe seen in Fig. 3, this will lock both sides at the same time. i It, is sometimes a provision that when some cars are locked from the outside the lock is installed within the handle of the door'while in others the lock is installed close to the handle of the door. For this reasonthe lock on. the out side of the door and a connection between" the element 55 in F ig. 3 and the outside lock of the door are not shown. These connections 35 depend entirely; upon where the lock is installed. V

' ,Beferring to Fig. 2, the numerall represents the part of: the hinge that is-atta'ched to thedoor. Member 1" is a rubber bump- 99 er serving to act as a silencer when the door is being .elosed and is inserted within the hinge '1. From the-different positions of the hinge in F igs.'"2" and 5 it will be seen how the hinge is placed on the swinging side-ofthe door.v On the open side of the doorjthe' hinge will lift out and will'remain attached tothe door." Numeral 2 isthe other halflofthe hinge. This part of the hinge is attached to the frame of the body;

Numeral 2 shown in Fig. 2 representsthe point of attachment of the hinge to the body of the car, and at the same time serves to adjust the hinge to bring it further in or out.

A further detail of the hinge is shown in 1 Fig. 5, the hinge being shown as detached v.vide d with a curved tongue 102, which is .101 designates the various'holes through designed-to operate in recess 103. Numeral which, the attachments to the. respective parts of the car are made. It will thus be.

seenthat as the door of the car is opened one of the hinges just described will be operated so that member 1 swings on roller 104 as a pivot, on one instance, whereas in the corresponding hinge the two members i 1 and 2 will become separated thus permitting the opening of the door. Further in Fig. 2, numeral 66'represents a strap of sheet metal in a closed position and open position of this strap being also indicated,

GGbeing attached to the top of the frame of the body and 66 being attached to the top of the door. This strap serves as a @means for limiting the movement of the door upon opening.

It will be noticed that there are four hinges oneach side of the door, the invention forming .the subject matter of this application being applied particularly to' the second and third hinges. One side of each hinge, as shownat'3, is attached to the frame of the body and can be adjusted to bring the hinge further in or out. The other part'of the hinge is attached to member 14'. Attention is called to how the hinge is attachedto the element 14, asshown in Fig. 6. 1 v

In Figs. 3 and 4, the latch is represented by element 4, the, grooves of the latch being indicated at 4 and are towards the center so as not to interfere with the keeper.

In Figs. 3, 4 and7, the keeperof the door is represented by numeral 5. The structure of this keeper willbe seen from Fig. 7 It will be seen from this last-named figure that hooks are insertableinthe lugs 5"and are retained in position bythe insertion of the pin P. There are shown two hooks -to each keeper, this being in the event that one fails to operate.

i ,In Figs. 3 and 4, reference 6 designates a spring attached .to the inside oi the body.

In this connection attention is alsocalled to element 14, this element being attached to the second and third hinge as indicated. In

Fig. 3, it will be seen that on the right hand.

side of the figure the spring 6 is holding the element 14 together with the keeper in its place, whereas on the left hand side ofFig. 4, it will be seen that the spring 6 has released element 14 because the hook 77 cause the element 14 together withthe keeperto spring with the door.

Numeral 7 represents the hook instead of r the. keeper- Attention is called to hook 7 in Fig. 3 where it will be seen that the latch on either side is free-of the hooks. It will also be seen that on the left hand side of Fig. 4, the hook 7 is caught in the latch whereas on the right hand side of Fig. 4, the hook 7 comes'even' with thekeeper as in, Fig. 3.

Element 8, Fig's. 3, 4, 6 and 7 fits intothe element 15. Attention is called to the position of the element 8 in Fig. '4 on the left hand side. In Fig. 6 it will be seen that the element 8 will cause the hook 7 to raise when 7 the door is closed and to leave the'latch free as is illustrated in Fig. 1. V

In Figs. 4 and 6 attention is called to ele nient 33, this element or rod operates on the same principle as the rod 13 above mentioned. It has a right and left hand thread and can be adjusted to whatever length re:

quired. Attention is called to .theposition' of the rod 33 on either side of Figs. 4 and 6. The rod'being attached tothe frame of the body at one end and to the element 8 at the other end will cause the element 8yto slide in member 15 when the door is opened. In Fig. 3, member 44 indicates where the rod 33 is attached to the frame of the body, 8,

indicating where it is attached to the element 8. For the purpose of supporting the door each end of the latter is provided with a laterally projecting stud 11 which is normally held between a pair ofopposed pivoted keepers 10 attached toeachelement'14. 7

As particularly illustrated in Fig. 6 the cooperating keepers ,10 are formed with semicircular opposed faces ll which normally hold one of the studs 11 therebetween. The cooperating keepers are pivotally mounted with sufficient' friction as to prevent free movement-of the keepers. 'Thus when one end of the door is opened the stud carried by such end will move the cooperatingkeepers at this endof the door forwardly .until the stud has moved out of the. same. -This will leave the keepers insubstantially -divergent" relation so that upon closing of'the door, this stud willf-move bet'weenthe keepers and swing them back to the normal position disclosed'in Fig 6.

" 'Member -13, shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 is a rod provided with right and. left hand threads and is to beso adjusted as to leave justenough space between'theend the rod and the latch of the door to-clear one 7 iyeaevs keeper only at a time. In this connection attention is calledtoelement 99 in Fig. 4.:

on thejleft handside whereiit will be seen that the rod 13 is up against the latch'of the ,door. On the righthand side of Fig. tit

will be seen that there is a space between the rod 13 and the latch of the door. That space must be no more than jus't sufficient to clear that one keeper.

Numeral 88 indicates where the frame of I the bodyis sunk in order to make space" for the element 14 when the door is closed.

One hook is'attached to the element 14; and the other hook is attached to the door. In Fig. 4 the hook 77 will lift out on the open side of'the door whereon the swinging side of the door it will cause the .element 14- together with the keeper to swing within the door.

Reference 14 in 6 shows where the keeper is attached'to the element 14, and

servesgto adjust the keeper to bring it further in or out as desire 1 swing either on the front or rearedge of the door as desired While at the sametime positively acting to secure the door in posifrom the keeper to permit swinging m0ve-.

I keeper.

tion when the same is, closed, andal'so to prevent the door from being removed from all its hinges when the dooris opened in the desired direction. 'It will be'seen that by this provision, the inconveniences attendant upon the opening and closingof the doors usually employed will'be avoided,'especial- 1y in'such case where entrance and exit from both the front and rear seats of the vehicle are eitected by means of a swinging door,

as is now a common practice. It is believed that theconstruction and operation of the inventionwill be clear from the above description'and the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

I claim 1. In combination a door, hinged keepers:

supported adjacent opposite ends'thereof,

hrom the above it will be seen that atwo way door is provided,w ith hinge and latch+ ing means adapted to permit a freeand easy from its keeper.

of thedoor, at will.

} .In'c'ombination a' door, hinged keepers supported acent theends of the door,'sli'd-. able tumblers carried by. the door and nor engaging either or the tumblers from its anda common means for nornially holdingq the latch means "against disengagement: .from the keepers, but operable to permit disengagement of the latch means at either end mallyreceived in the keepers, means for dis" keeper, and means operableby'the swinging I movement of the door to latch the other tumbler to its keeper. e g r "In combination a door, hinged keepers. supported atopposite ends, thereof, tumers to hold the door against movement, a

-blers slidably carried the opposite ends 3 j of the doors and engageable with the keep longitudinally movable rod interposed between the tumblers, and a manually op'er- I toothed tumblers carried by the opposite ends thereof,'keepers'hingedly supported at s the opposite ends of the door and normally receiving the tumblers, normally inoperative latchel'ements carried; by each keeper and 1 operable to engage the teeth of one of such tumblers to latch the latter to its keeperwhen the other tumbler has been retracted latches carried: by the opposite ends of the door and normally engaging thekeepers to sustain the door against movement, and either one of which being disengageable ment of the door'from eitheredgethereof,

1 and a longitudinally shiftable rodinterposed a between the latches and operable to prevent disengagement of either latch from its In combination a door, hinged keepers supported adjacent opposite ends thereof,

latches carriedby the oppositeendsof the door and normally engaging the keepers to sustain the door against movement, and elther' one of which belng disengageable;

from the keeper to'permit swinging move- 7 ment of the door from either edge thereof, 

